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A BRONZE MIRROR

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A BRONZE MIRROR
TANG DYNASTY

The main field cast with a phoenix and stylized flower sprays surrounding the pierced knop, with a flower sprig in each of the eight outer lobes--7 3/8 in. (19cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

Compare mirrors of this type illustrated in the Idemitsu Museum 15th Anniversary Catalogue, 1981, pl. 1125 and by Rawson and Bunker in the Catalogue of the O.C.S. exhibition, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1990, no. 186